CVE-2023-39780
ASUS · published 2023-09-11
Source record Collected from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CISA lists this CVE as known exploited (added 2025-06-02).
- CISA's name for it: ASUS RT-AX55 Routers OS Command Injection Vulnerability
- CISA's description: ASUS RT-AX55 devices contain an OS command injection vulnerability that could allow a remote, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands. As represented by CVE-2023-41346.
- Known ransomware campaign use, per CISA: Unknown
Source: CISA KEV catalog (CC0 1.0).
Description
Description by MITRE via the CVE Program.
On ASUS RT-AX55 3.0.0.4.386.51598 devices, authenticated attackers can perform OS command injection via the /start_apply.htm qos_bw_rulelist parameter. NOTE: for the similar "token-generated module" issue, see CVE-2023-41345; for the similar "token-refresh module" issue, see CVE-2023-41346; for the similar "check token module" issue, see CVE-2023-41347; and for the similar "code-authentication module" issue, see CVE-2023-41348.
Filed by MITRE; not a statement by ASUS.
Status at the source
- NVD status: Analyzed
Affected products, as the source lists them
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| ASUS | RT-AX55 | 3.0.0.4.386.51598: affected |
Added by CISA-ADP (Authorized Data Publisher)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| asus | rt-ax55 | 3.0.0.4.386.51598: affected |
Products named in NVD's CPE match criteria (1)
cpe:2.3:o:asus:rt-ax55_firmware:3.0.0.4.386.51598:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
DeSpy has not checked any unit, hardware revision or firmware. A product missing here is not a statement that it is unaffected.
Scores, as their sources published them
- CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGH — as published by MITRE (Secondary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1: 8.8 HIGH — as published by NIST (Primary)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - SSVC — CISA's assessment (SSVC 2.0.3, CISA Coordinator): Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
DeSpy does not score records. These are the sources' own values.
Weaknesses
Sources
References the source lists
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/1/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/2/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/3/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/4/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/5/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/6/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/1/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/2/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/3/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/4/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/5/EN.md
- https://github.com/D2y6p/CVE/blob/main/asus/CVE-2023-39780/6/EN.md
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-39780
- https://www.greynoise.io/blog/stealthy-backdoor-campaign-affecting-asus-routers
Source dates: published 2023-09-11, last changed 2026-06-17. DeSpy's copy of this version is dated 2026-09-28.
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